Poll Results: There are no ugly fish in the Great Lakes

Jul 2 2012 No Comments

This wasn't our winner. Photo: Justin Londer

It’s official: There is no such thing as an ugly Great Lakes fish!

Voters refused to crown a winner in our ugliest fish contest, even after looking at up-close pictures of the gelatinous deepwater sculpin and the monstrous catfish.

Instead our contestants were called “unique” and “beautiful,” making the Great Lakes a home to only beauty queens.

Here are the results:

1. There is no such thing as an ugly Great Lakes Fish              40 percent

2. Deepwater sculpin                                                                  24 percent

3. Catfish                                                                                    13 percent

4. Longnose gar, bowfin, muskie, sturgeon (tie)                           6 percent

They fared better then these (mostly) ocean-dwellers, found in a list of the top ten creepiest fish in the world.

You gotta admit that at least some of them are ugly… right?

So is the anglerfish Photo: NOAA

The blobfish is ugly. Photo: NOAA

© 2013, Great Lakes Echo, Michigan State University Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. Republish under these guidelines.

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